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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Exclusive: Recordings describe 2020 Oval Office photo-op where Trump was briefed on fake electors and January 6 — Before a group of supportive lawyers entered the Oval Office for a photo-op with then-President Donald Trump in December 2020, they were given a clear instruction …
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Associated Press:
It's a ‘silly notion’ that Trump's Georgia case should pause for the election, Willis tells the AP — ATLANTA (AP) — The district attorney prosecuting Donald Trump over efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia says she has a duty to file charges against anyone who violates the law and that it's a …
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Liz Cheney / Wall Street Journal:
Checks and Balances Won't Stop Trump — The Constitution's protections won't be able to block his abuses of executive power. — As we approach the 2024 primaries, some Republicans have begun arguing that the checks and balances constructed by the framers of our Constitution …
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Politico:
Supreme Court will review scope of obstruction law that Trump is charged with breaking — The case calls into question prosecutors' handling of an Enron-era obstruction law to punish those who stormed Congress. — The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case that could derail hundreds …
A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
Trump Said Too Much Too Soon — DONALD TRUMP HAS CHOSEN to make “dictator” his brand.
Trump Said Too Much Too Soon — DONALD TRUMP HAS CHOSEN to make “dictator” his brand.
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
December 12, 2023 — Last night, Special Counsel Jack Smith asked the Supreme Court …
December 12, 2023 — Last night, Special Counsel Jack Smith asked the Supreme Court …
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Steve Reilly / The Messenger:
Expediting Trump Appeals Court Review Will 'Vindicate the Public's Interest,' Special Counsel Jack Smith Argues
Expediting Trump Appeals Court Review Will 'Vindicate the Public's Interest,' Special Counsel Jack Smith Argues
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Supreme Court agrees to hear Jan. 6 cases that could affect Trump prosecution
Supreme Court agrees to hear Jan. 6 cases that could affect Trump prosecution
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NBC News:
Federal appeals court denies Trump's presidential immunity defense in E. Jean Carroll case
Federal appeals court denies Trump's presidential immunity defense in E. Jean Carroll case
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Reuters:
Biden impeachment inquiry authorized by House Republicans, despite lack of evidence — The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to formally authorize its ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, as Republicans unite behind the effort even though they have yet to find evidence of wrongdoing by the Democrat.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A revealing exchange on the GOP's speculative impeachment inquiry — It's perhaps a little too simplistic to cast the impeachment inquiry of President Biden, which the House will vote to formalize Wednesday, as a “Seinfeld”-ian impeachment “about nothing.” — Republicans have at the very …
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Bloomberg:
Republican Senators Say They're Weighing Biden's Immigration Offer — President Joe Biden has offered changes to US border policy that raises the prospects of a bipartisan deal on immigration and aid to Ukraine, Republican senators said Wednesday. — Republicans met behind closed doors …
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Billy House / Bloomberg:
House Republicans Authorize Biden Impeachment Inquiry — Trump has pressed House Republicans to step up investigation — Speaker says formal approval will help enforce subpoenas — Republicans in the US House voted Wednesday to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden …
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
'He's worried': Hunter Biden's legal woes take a heavy toll on his father
'He's worried': Hunter Biden's legal woes take a heavy toll on his father
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
GOP Rep. Explains Impeachment Push: ‘Donald J. Trump 2024, Baby!’
GOP Rep. Explains Impeachment Push: ‘Donald J. Trump 2024, Baby!’
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Stephen Neukam / The Messenger:
Jamie Raskin Rails Against Republicans at Hunter Biden-less Deposition (Exclusive) — ‘Chairmen Comer and Jordan have denied him the ability to testify because they are not interested in giving the people the whole truth and nothing but the truth, but rather in leaking distorted half-truths and quarter-truths,’ Raskin said
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CNN:
Hunter Biden flouts subpoena for closed-door testimony, demanding to testify publicly: ‘I am here’
Hunter Biden flouts subpoena for closed-door testimony, demanding to testify publicly: ‘I am here’
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Hunter Biden will not sit for deposition by GOP, says father not ‘financially’ involved in his business
Hunter Biden will not sit for deposition by GOP, says father not ‘financially’ involved in his business
Tom Krisher / Associated Press:
Tesla recalls nearly all vehicles sold in US to fix system that monitors drivers using Autopilot — Tesla is recalling nearly all vehicles sold in the U.S., more than 2 million, to update software and fix a defective system that's supposed to ensure drivers are paying attention when using Autopilot.
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Fox Board Member Paul Ryan Slams Trump, Hails Cheney and Kinzinger: 'Trump's Not a Conservative, He's an Authoritarian Narcissist' — Former House Speaker Paul Ryan tore into Donald Trump in a recent interview, denouncing the former president as an “authoritarian narcissist,” …
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Sid Garcia / ABC7:
Protest calling for cease-fire in Gaza shuts down SB 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles — The CHP says 75 people were arrested. — A protest on the 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles prompted a shutdown of southbound lanes as demonstrators called for a cease-fire in Gaza. — KABC
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Senate Passes Defense Bill, Steering Clear of Far-Right Policy Dictates — The $886 billion legislation is the product of bipartisan negotiations between the House and Senate in which right-wing restrictions on abortion, transgender care and diversity initiatives were jettisoned.
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Carnegie Mellon Student Sues Over Prof's ‘Cruel Campaign of Antisemitic Abuse’ — Yael Canaan says her architecture instructor at one point suggested she ponder “what Jews do to make themselves such a hated group.” — A Carnegie Mellon University architecture student says she was subjected to a …
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James LaPorta / The Messenger:
One US Marine Dead, Dozen More Hospitalized After Training Accident in California — The Marines were traveling in an amphibious combat vehicle, designed to operate on the sea and on land, at the time of the accident — A United States Marine is dead while more than a dozen others were taken …
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Supreme Court will decide access to key abortion drug mifepristone — The Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will decide this term whether to limit access to a key abortion drug, returning the polarizing issue of reproductive rights to the high court for the first time since …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court agrees to hear showdown over abortion pill access
Supreme Court agrees to hear showdown over abortion pill access
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: U.S. delaying sale of M16 rifles to Israel over settler violence — The Biden administration is again holding up the licenses for selling more than 20,000 U.S.-made rifles to Israel over concerns about attacks by extremist Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, two U.S. officials told Axios.
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
Inside the Troll Army Waging Trump's Online Campaign — A team of meme-makers has been flooding social media with pro-Trump posts riddled with sexist and racist tropes. Donald Trump is cheering them on. — The video, called “Let's Get Ready to Bumble,” is a slick mash …
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US Department of Justice:
Former global diversity executive at Facebook pleads guilty to defrauding company out of more than $4 million — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia — ATLANTA - Barbara Furlow-Smiles, a former global diversity executive at Facebook …
David Shepardson / Reuters:
US agency will not reinstate $900 mln subsidy for SpaceX Starlink unit — The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday reaffirmed its 2022 decision to deny SpaceX satellite internet unit Starlink $885.5 million in rural broadband subsidies. — The FCC said the decision impacting …
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